Opinion

In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation

Court: District Court, S.D. New York
Filed: Mar 19, 2020
Cited by: 0 cases
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The opinion

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DATE FILED:_03/19/2020 _

IN RE FOREIGN EXCHANGE BENCHMARK :

RATES ANTITRUST LITIGATION : 13 Civ. 7789 (LGS)

: ORDER

LORNA G. SCHOFIELD, District Judge:

WHEREAS, on March 6, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a motion to seal the portions of Plaintiffs’

Motion for Issuance of a Hague Convention Request for International Judicial Assistance to Take

Testimony Overseas of Frank Cahill and supporting papers (Dkt. No. 1410);

WHEREAS, on March 6, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a motion to seal the portions of Plaintiffs’

Motion for Issuance of a Hague Convention Request for International Judicial Assistance to Take

Testimony Overseas of Niall O’ Riordan and supporting papers (Dkt. No. 1413);

WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a motion to seal the portions of Plaintiffs’

Motion for Issuance of a Hague Convention Request for International Judicial Assistance to Take

Testimony Overseas of Richard Gibbons and supporting papers (Dkt. No. 1416). It is hereby

ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ redaction and seal requests are GRANTED. The unredacted

versions of these documents will remain sealed, and only the parties and individuals identified in

Appendix A will have access. Although “[t]he common law right of public access to judicial

documents is firmly rooted in our nation’s history,” this right is not absolute, and courts “must

balance competing considerations against” the presumption of access. Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of

Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 119-20 (2d Cir. 2006) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also

Nixon v. Warner Commce’ns., Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 599 (1978) C‘[T]he decision as to access is one

best left to the sound discretion of the trial court, a discretion to be exercised in light of the

relevant facts and circumstances of the particular case.”). Filing the above-referenced documents

in redacted form or under seal is necessary to prevent the unauthorized dissemination of

confidential business and sensitive personal information. It is further

ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall send to the Chambers Inbox a copy of the above-

referenced Hague Convention Requests in Microsoft Word format by March 25, 2020.

Dated: March 19, 2020

New York, New York

LORNA G. SCHOFIEL

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

APPENDIX A

Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP

Christopher M. Burke

cburke@scott-scott.com

Walter W. Noss

wnoss@scott-scott.com

Kristen M. Anderson

kanderson@scott-scott.com

Donald A Broggi

dbroggi@scott-scott.com

Fine, Kaplan and Black, R.P.C.

Peter Anthony Barile, III

Roberta D. Liebenberg

pbarile@scott-scott.com

rliebenberg@finekaplan.com

Adam Pessin

Thomas Kay Boardman

apessin@finekaplan.com

tboardman@scott-scott.com

Motley Rice LLC

Michelle Elizabeth Conston

William H. Narwold

mconston@scott-scott.com

bnarwold@motleyrice.com

William Curtis Fredericks

Donald A. Migliori

wfredericks@scott-scott.com

dmigliori@motleyrice.com

Joseph Peter Guglielmo

Michael M. Buchman

jguglielmo@scott-scott.com

mbuchman@motleyrice.com

Sylvia Sokol

ssokol@scott-scott.com

Miller Law LLC

Marvin A. Miller

Stephanie Ann Hackett

mmiller@millerlawllc.com

shackett@scott-scott.com

Matthew Van Tine

Kate Lv

mvantine@millerlawllc.com

klv@scott-scott.com

Kirby McInerney LLP

Hausfeld, LLP

David E Kovel

Michael D. Hausfeld

dkovel@kmllp.com

mhausfeld@hausfeldllp.com

Karen Lerner

Tim Kearns

klerner@kmllp.com

tkearns@hausfeld.com

Reena Gambhir

rgambhir@hausfeldllp.com

Katie Beran

kberan@hausfeld.com

Sarah Rebecca Lafreniere

slafreniere@hausfeld.com

Christopher L. Lebsock

clebsock@hausfeldllp.com

CERA LLP

Solomon B. Cera

scera@cerallp.com

Aureus Currency Fund, L.P. (“Aureus”)

C. Andrew Dirksen

cdirksen@cerallp.com

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

William Leonard

william.leonard@obermayer.com

Rigel Farr

rigel.farr@obermayer.com

City of Philadelphia, Board of Pensions and

BONI & ZACK LLC

Retirement

Michael J. Boni

mboni@bonizack.com

Joshua D. Snyder

jsnyder@bonizack.com

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP

Patrick Joseph Coughlin

patc@rgrdlaw.com

David W. Mitchell

davidm@rgrdlaw.com

Employees’ Retirement System of the Government

of the Virgin Islands (“Virgin Islands”) Brian O. O' Mara

bomara@rgrdlaw.com

Randi Dawn Bandman

randib@rgrdlaw.com

Wolf Popper LLP

Marian Rosner

mrosner@wolfpopper.com

Patricia Avery

Employees’ Retirement System of Puerto Rico

pavery@wolfpopper.com

Electric Power Authority (“ERS-PREPA”)

Fei-Lu Qian

fqian@wolfpopper.com

Berman DeValerio

Joseph J. Tabacco , Jr.

jtabacco@bermantabacco.com

Fresno County Employees’ Retirement Association

Todd Seaver

(“FCERA”)

tseaver@bermantabacco.com

Sarah Khorasanee McGrath

smcgrath@bermantabacco.com

Stephen M. Tillery

stillery@koreintillery.com

George A. Zelcs

gzelcs@koreintillery.com

Robert E Litan

rlitan@koreintillery.com

Steven Michael Berezney

sberezney@koreintillery.com

Michael E. Klenov

mklenov@koreintillery.com

Haverhill Retirement System (“Haverhill”)

Scott and Scott Attorneys At Law LLP

See Class Counsel Column for Details

The Mogin Law Firm, P.C.

Daniel J. Mogin

dmogin@moginlaw.com

Steyer Lowenthal Boodrookas Alvarez &

Smith LLP

Allan Steyer

asteyer@steyerlaw.com

Alexander Dewitt Singh Kullar

akullar@steyerlaw.com

Korein Tillery, LLC

See supra for details

Scott and Scott Attorneys At Law LLP

See Class Counsel Column for Details

Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement

The Mogin Law Firm, P.C.

System (“Oklahoma Firefighters”)

See supra

Steyer Lowenthal Boodrookas Alvarez &

Smith LLP

See supra

Labaton Sucharow LLP

Gregory S. Asciolla

gasciolla@labaton.com

Jay L. Himes

jhimes@labaton.com

State-Boston Retirement System (“Boston

Retirement”)

Robin A. Van Der Meulen

rvandermeulen@labaton.com

Matthew J. Perez

mperez@labaton.com

Grant & Eisenhofer, PA

Robert G. Eisler

Syena Global Emerging Markets Fund, LP (“Syena”) reisler@gelaw.com

Entwistle & Cappucci LLP

Andrew J Entwistle

aentwistle@entwistle-law.com

Tiberius OC Fund, Ltd. (“Tiberius”) Robert N Cappucci

Entwistle & Cappucci LLP

Vincent Roger Cappucci

vcappucci@entwistle-law.com

Entwistle & Cappucci LLP

Value Recovery Fund L.L.C. (“VRF”)

See supra

Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart, P.C.

Vincent Briganti

vbriganti@lowey.com

Geoffrey Milbank Horn

ghorn@lowey.com

Gerald Lawrence

United Food and Commercial Workers Union and glawrence@lowey.com

Participating Food Industry Employers Tri-State

Pension Fund (“United Food”) Peter Dexter St. Phillip , Jr

pstphillip@lowey.com

Raymond Peter Girnys

rgirnys@lowey.com

Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, LLC

Eric L. Young

eyoung@sfmslaw.com

Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP

Christopher M. Burke

cburke@scott-scott.com

Systrax Corporation (“Systrax”) Hausfeld, LLP

Michael D. Hausfeld

mhausfeld@hausfeldllp.com

Korein Tillery, LLC

Robert Miller, Makr Miller, and Petter Rives

See supra

Criden & Love, P.A.

Michael E. Criden

mcriden@cridenlove.com

J. Paul Antonello

Lindsey C. Grossman

lgrossman@cridenlove.com

Criden & Love, P.A.

See supra

Marc G. Federighi, Michael J. Smith

Labaton Sucharow LLP

See supra

Freed Kanner London Millen LLC

Michael J. Freed

mfreed@fklmlaw.com

Thomas Gramatis, John Kerstein

Steven A. Kanner

skanner@fklmlaw.com

Radice Law Firm, P.C.

John Radice

Doug Harvey, Izee Trading Company (“Izee”), and jradice@radicelawfirm.com

Richard Preschern d/b/a Preschern Trading

(“Preschern”) Kenneth Pickly

kpickle@radicelawfirm.com

Nussbaum Law Group, P.C.

Linda P Nussbaum

Jeffrey Sterk, Kimberly Sterk, and Michael Melissinos lnussbaum@nussbaumpc.com

David George Januszewski

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

djanuszewski@cahill.com

Herbert Scott Washer

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

hwasher@cahill.com

Jason Michael Hall

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

jhall@cahill.com

Credit Suisse Group AG, Credit Suisse AG, Credit Sheila Chithran Ramesh

Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (collectively "Credit Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Suisse") sramesh@cahill.com

Elai E. Katz

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

ekatz@cahill.com

Charles Matthew Miller

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

cmiller@tarterkrinsky.com

Richard Carl Schoenstein

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

rschoenstein@tarterkrinsky.com

Settled Defendants Counsel

Adam Selim Hakki

Shearman & Sterling LLP

ahakki@shearman.com

Bank of America Corporation, Bank of America, N.A., Richard Franklin Schwed

and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. Shearman & Sterling LLP

(collectively “Bank of America”) rschwed@shearman.com

Jeffrey Jason Resetarits

Shearman & Sterling LLP

jeffrey.resetarits@shearman.com

Michael E. Gertzman

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

mgertzman@paulweiss.com

Andrew Corydon Finch

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

afinch@paulweiss.com

Anand Sithian

Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (“BOTM”) Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

asithian@paulweiss.com

Kenneth Anthony Gallo

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

kgallo@paulweiss.com

Sullivan and Cromwell, LLP

braffd@sullcrom.com

Jeffrey T. Scott

Sullivan and Cromwell, LLP

scottj@sullcrom.com

Matthew Alexander Schwartz

Barclays Bank PLC, Barclays Capital Inc.

Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP

(collectively "Barclays")

schwartzmatthew@sullcrom.com

Yvonne Susan Quinn

Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP

quinny@sullcrom.com

Kathleen Suzanne McArthur

Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP

mcarthurk@sullcrom.com

Camille Latoya Fletcher

Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP

cfletcher@pbwt.com

Joshua Aaron Goldberg

Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP

jgoldberg@pbwt.com

Rebecca Rose Delfiner

Allen & Overy, LLP

BNP Paribas Group, BNP Paribas North America,.

rebecca.delfiner@allenovery.com

Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BNP Prime

Molly Anne Kelley

Brokerage, Inc. (collectively BNP Paribas)

Allen & Overy LLP

molly.kelley@allenovery.com

John Terzaken

Allen & Overy LLP

john.terzaken@allenovery.com

Laura Rose Hall

Allen & Overy, LLP

laura.hall@allenovery.com

Andrew Arthur Ruffino

Covington & Burling LLP

aruffino@cov.com

Thomas A. Isaacson

Covington & Burling, LLP

tisaacson@cov.com

Citigroup Inc., Citibank, N.A., Citicorp, Citigroup

Global Markets Inc. (collectively "Citigroup") Alan M. Wiseman

Covington & Burling, LLP

awiseman@cov.com

Andrew D. Lazerow

Covington & Burling, LLP

alazerow@cov.com

King & Spalding LLP

pmontgomery@kslaw.com

Nickolas Barber

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. nickolas.barber@kirkland.com

(collectively "Deutsche Bank") Joseph Serino, JR.

Latham & Watkins LLP

joseph.serino@lw.com

Eric Foster Leon

Latham & Watkins LLP

eric.leon@lw.com

Leah Brannon